Author: Diane

There’s a pink windmill for sale here on rightmove.
It’s a pretty shocking pink colour – but if you want a windmill to live in it’s a 3 bedroom house on for £650,000
The Windmill, Mill Lane, Wolverhampton, West Midlands

It also has a Red GPO Telephone Box and Post Box

All I’m going to say is “There’s somebody at the door, there’s somebody at the door”
🙂

Never quite sure how you get the furniture to look right in round rooms – but this round room in this house in Bridford has a really lovely room inside!

If you live in Manchester you are lucky to have photos of most of the streets collected together by the council. The historical photos collection is well worth a browse.
Visit Historical photographs of Manchester here. You can buy copies of the photos too!

The local image collection is the one to search.

It does make you wonder how insane planners have gone.
This is a one bedroom bungalow.

The price? Just £310k.

Daily Mail news story about Mole Man’s house for sale. Apparently this man had dug tunnels under his house – which has no roof and is probably structurally unsound. William Lyttle’s house needs full internal and external refurbishment.

1 bedroom detached house for sale
Offers in Excess of£500,000
Hackney, London

How much should solicitors fees be for buying a property?

This is a really frequent question that people have – and they normally ask it when they get a quote from one company.

How much the conveyancing charges should be will vary according to what house you’re buying and what sort of solicitor you use.
Get lots of quotes. Compare like with like though – if you get an online conveyancing quote, compare it with other online quotes.

Local solicitors will be found in the yellow pages, or ask friends who they used.

Get the quotes in writing so you can sit and compare the details. Ask them to include any info on possible other charges.

A solicitor who deals with auction properties is likely to be able to move faster than one who doesn’t – this is a good thing to remember if you’re buying a repossession and want to avoid anyone else sniping your offer.
So before you ask “is this quote about right?” you should check you’ve got several quotes. If you find big discrepencies then you need to work out why. Has one solicitor omitted something or are they just cheaper. Always double check if a quote sounds really cheap.

Another important thing to think about is how easy they are to get hold of. If you ring them up do they answer the phone quickly? Can you email info back and forwards to them at no extra charge? With this in mind you should be able to find the best solicitor for you at the best price.

On my last property purchase I used a local solicitor and was able to email him rather than have to ring up. I thought this was a great idea and meant I had proper information in front of me rather than having to make notes of a phone call.